Edwin Jackson was designated for assignment by the Blue Jays on Wednesday.
By itself, that is not huge news. Jackson has been traded or released by 10 teams, and signed as a free agent another half-dozen or more times. The bigger issue is whether this is truly — definitively, absolutely, doggone-it-we-mean-it — the end of the road for the 35-year-old former Devil Ray.
If so, it is worth pausing to appreciate one of the more fascinating careers you’ll ever see. And it’s worth wondering whether Jackson will be fondly remembered as a bulldog or written off as an underachiever.